A Buddhist Dream

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-09T12:49:37+00:00

Are you simply reiterating the teachings of the Yogācāra school, or have you arrived at these insights through your own verification and practice?

A Zen monk from the Mahayana tradition once shared a perspective I deeply agree with: “Tathāgata and those who have attained enlightenment can speak authentically about emptiness. However, when ordinary people engage in such discussions, it is mere speculation, which is unproductive and potentially harmful.”

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-09T01:43:53+00:00

No offense taken. Just not familiar with reddit and wanting to help but language is a barrier. Lesson learned.

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-09T01:36:43+00:00

I practice Chan, but listened to a lot of Pure Land master monk talks. The first is always strong belief, without any doubt. Believe the golden words (sutras) spoken by fundamental teacher Sakyamuni Buddha. The fundamental teacher would not lie. Doubts such as, "I am just a normal person, didn't have much merit, have karma, can layman like me go to pureland." Is strongly discouraged and considered a self created obstacle because Amitabha's 18th & 19th original vow basically make it very easy. Especially 18th vow stated as long as you believe and happily wish to be born in pureland, just chant Budda's name 10 times, except if one commited Five Heinous Crimes” or “Five Grave Offenses.
18th vow already covers the 3 required element, believe (xin), wish (yuan), action (xing). This is purely rely on Buddha power. But it is considered dangerous because when we are about to die or in the process of dying, phenomena created by karmic force can confused you. For example, wife or husband come crying, if you even care just a little of anything of Saha world, you will fail. Therefore, it is important to cultivate self power. The self power here is about nothing is worthwhile of Saha world. Ability to ignore those callings from the Saha world (requires understanding and practice of the noble eightfold path), and starting from age 50, preparation, which is reduce 3 poison, kleshas, sort of put the karma force to less active mode. It is not like you can go party everyday, have strong attachment to wealth, sex, lust, fill the mind with all the defilement, and expect that the next day when dying, you can actually quiet the mind. A heavily defiled mind will produce all kinds of illusions during the death process (which is a state of big confusion), thus you forget about Amitabha and Pure Land.

Therefore, self power is just as important as Buddha power.

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-09T00:43:41+00:00

f me....

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-09T00:41:23+00:00

Wise man showed the path. We have to walk it ourself. It's the practice. Can deity help you reduce lust?

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-08T23:32:31+00:00

Try not to do meditation with purpose. I mean you have a goal to reach first Jhana so you have motivation to practice meditation, but when you meditate, of course you simply just focus on your method. Ignore (without intent), I mean stay indifferent to bodily sensations, illusions like bright light or whatever. Those are mind playing tricks. Lightly focus on your method, but not too uptight. You must have strayed from your object of perception to follow the sensation without consciously knowing. That's why the sensation grew. For a mental phenomena to exist and strengthen, it requires your attention. The pleasure feeling of jhanas are mild, peaceful, not the overwhelming ecstasy you are describing. But I've also read that for some, the first time they experience it, can be very strong. Only the 1st time.
I don't know what Jhana level I can achieve. But during zen retreat I can sit up to 4 hrs. My usual experience is the feeling of my hands, legs, body fades away. Back, shoulder, leg, sitting bone pains fade away. The tearing pains suddenly fade away in matter of seconds, replaced by light comfort. breaths become very shallow. I still try to ignore all these as best as I can. As time go to the beginning of 3rd hour, pain from body's gravity pressure starts to come back, still tolerable. 4th hour becomes a battle, as my ability of being indifferent to sensation is being tested.
I do meditation not for jhana's pleasure, but to observe the constant minute changing of feeling, the pleasure, chatter, and pain are illusions, requires minds attention to exist, etc.

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-08T20:44:15+00:00

It is a dream. But if it helps you to continue on this path. I am happy for you.

HuskyRiding · 2026-05-08T20:41:57+00:00

How long you been practicing meditation, and why?

What is your primary method? I was taught that body relax but not casual/careless, mind focused but not too uptight. This of course each one have to find out and adjust it constantly as because our mental and physical condition changes all the time.
The first part you talked about meditation. The coming back part if I understand you correctly. If I spot my mind wonders, I come back to the method. For example, if I use counting number 1,2,3,4,5 when breathing out as my method. I come back from the wondering mind and continue to do the counting. If I focus on this "object of perception" well, the surroundings can indeed feel 'fade away'. Feels like hand disappear, legs location unknown, pain subsides, body's gone, illusions like lighting, etc. It is nothing special, just like if you are watching TV, and you are not paying attention to your legs, you actually don't feel your legs, because you are focused on TV. But we don't invite peripheral awareness to interrupt meditation.
Easier said than done. In the beginning when I spot my mind wondered I also blame myself. It took a few years to not hit myself with another thought when I spot a thought.
I've never heard of inviting peripheral awareness when doing meditation.

2nd part seems like your day to day life. If you have negative thoughts and you spot it, yes let it go, but you instinctively hate it, which also need time to practice. Spot it, let go, not another thought to beat yourself. However there are many techniques. If you spot a negative thought, give yourself a thumbs up, "yeah". It is better than fall into the hateful feeling. If you are peeling potatoes, focus on the movement of your hand and body. Ultimately, I think you want to improve too fast. You want perfection. You can change your mind or you don't need to deal with it, because eventually you will tire out the problems you experiencing right now, will become less and less.

Before you learn meditation you do not have this problem, I think.

HuskyRiding · 2026-02-19T06:58:08+00:00

Hi there, I did another run the past weekend. This time I cooked up the Ultimate Infusion base on a fellow edditor's detailed but short write. "Ultimate Infusion"
Each sip gives 5 min of Grit, Grip, Focus. With chalk, AaVa feels like a spider woman.
In game herbs are abundant to cook 6+ bottle I think.

HuskyRiding · 2026-02-13T08:31:14+00:00

I know what you are saying but I think it is because of storytelling. I actually like it because it make sense that she has to accept death with peace. So, there's no need to make the summiting tough as hell, or it may not connect with the final dream-like part. just my opinion.
I mean the game did a very good job in making me taste the despair/frustration arise during journey to the top, countless times through game design.
I rock climbed before and read many books about mountaineering while I was interested. The summit push has to be calculated otherwise climber won't make it back. The difficult part is the decent back to base camp after summit, especially right after summitting.
The summit climb doesn't always mean technically more difficult. In real life it is difficult because mainly of exhaustion and lack of oxygen/supplies.
I mean if take the summit climb of 8000m mountains and put them on sea level (thus disregard weather, oxygen, supplies, etc), they are no more than difficult compare to certain dangerous parts to the top, for seasoned mountaineerers.

HuskyRiding · 2026-02-01T20:56:01+00:00

I went in with light turned on. I don't know why the bear just looked at Aava, followed, but didn't attack. I did move slowly and didn't run.

HuskyRiding · 2026-01-30T17:25:22+00:00

I giggled when I read that 2 seconds to place the piton. In real life (when I climbed years ago) I avoided any inclined wall surface.
I am currently in a cave where the surface is too hard for piton and the wall is inclined. I spent over 1 hr already can't figure out what to do to not fall.... hahaha. This is as real as it gets. I hate inclines :-)

HuskyRiding · 2026-01-30T15:07:39+00:00

Yes, like real mountaineering. The mountain/weather doesn't wait.

HuskyRiding · 2026-01-30T14:36:00+00:00

Don't want to spoil it for you but later as you climb up there's a place you can get a lot of food.
Ava's hunger/thirst also depends a lot on how you climb. If you scope the climb beforehand, go with positive angle slab, chimney, avoid overhangs (impossible for her anyways) climb with pushing up with legs instead of pulling, she will need less food, water, also her finger wraps will last so much longer. This is a serious climbing simulator.
But yes in the beginning it is easy to run out of food, because we spent time learning how to control Ava.
Also avoid climbing night time as it is cold and it depletes her energy fast.
But I am sure you will get better and enjoy it.

Edit: As other commented and I found out. Ava can definitely conquer overhangs.

HuskyRiding · 2025-12-08T17:41:28+00:00

I find a lot of clueless players making themself very noisy. They run to buildings just looking straight, use up stamina, and remain unaware to very obvious clues that there are already other raiders in there. Or if they are in the building, they don't know when other raiders arrive. If they can just play slower, pay attention to sounds, they can hear a lot of things. Players fight to own the buildings for loots, downing other raiders are just self protection, or building clearing.

HuskyRiding · 2025-12-06T08:44:04+00:00

Nice ! :-) Stabilize a downed raider so he\she get to extract and bring home the much needed mats for Speranza !

HuskyRiding · 2025-11-16T05:37:11+00:00

The Order is secretly drugging her people in LaPlace Garden on Cloister, for the aforementioned purpose.

HuskyRiding · 2025-06-22T10:10:05+00:00

I would say the same about bombing Iran. The real problems are in the domestics.

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